Guild Wars 2

Why do Greatsword and Sword have 2 very similar skills, but they are in different, unchangeable positions on the skillbar?

Greatsword – Leap of Faith – position 3
Sword – Flashing Blade – position 2

Both of these skills do almost the exact same thing (teleport/leap and blind) , so why make it so cognitively difficult to memorize a key rotation with different weapon setups?

FWIW, this is my second serious attempt at trying to enjoy this game, my first being a ranger which I pretty much dropped at level 24 after discovering the pet names bug, then subsequently reading the litany of ranger doom threads. I really want to enjoy GW2, but it seems at every turn there is some bizarre issue that just makes it more painful than it ought to be.

I’ve often thought that similar skills should be on the same #’s of the keyboard myself. But, I believe it has to do with cool down order. #3 on GS has 15 seconds, while #2 on sword has 10. The #3 on sword has 15 seconds.

Coincidently enough, I had the same exerience as you did when I first started playing. Started as a Ranger, got bored out of my mind and then switched it up to Guardian and have mained it pretty much since.

It is the cooldown. Remember how the skills moved around when they nerfed the greatsword symbol through the ground.

You can always change your keybinds.

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You can always change your keybinds.

How would that help?